CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Lafarge to double capacity after launching US$25m expansion project

Lafarge has budgeted US$25 million for its expansion project which will double capacity by year-end 2022.  The expansion plan kicked off this morning at a ground-breaking ceremony for a Dry Morta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 March 2020

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation to drop to 30%

MANUFACTURING sector capacity utilisation is projected to drop to about 30 percent this year from 48 percent in 2018 due to negative macro-economic factors that hit Zimbabwe since January, the Confede...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2019

OPINION

Mnangagwa borrowing bad law from Apartheid South Africa's statutes

Recently, the government of Zimbabwe, through the Minister of Home Affairs, introduced the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill to Parliament (MOPA). This Bill, that will replace the reviled Public Ord...

By Douglas Togaraseyi Mwonzora | Published: 12 June 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe strikes US$2m agric deal with Japan

Zimbabwe has entered into a US$2 million agreement with Japan, targetted at smallholder agriculture as part of efforts to revive the sector.The Zimbabwe Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promot...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2019

POLITICS

Japajapa's 'rigged' elections case remanded for ruling

A HARARE magistrate has set May 17 as the day he will make a ruling on MDC Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa, who is accused of inciting the political violence which rocked the capital on August 1...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

More Japanese firms for Zimbabwe

MORE Japanese are set to invest in Zimbabwe in response to the on-going economic reform process with Tokyo and Harare pushing for improved bilateral relations. Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Toshi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe excites Japanese tourism market

ZIMBABWE'S continued re-engagement with the international community has excited key tourism source markets that are now keen to visit the country to sample its diversified tourism products. Japan's to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Capacity utilisation to exceed 50%: CZI

THE country's manufacturing sector capacity utilisation is set to exceed 50 percent this year on the back of gains achieved in the last two years, with more positive prospects under the new political ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Japanese investors for Zimbabwe

BULAWAYO businessman Mr Raj Modi has revealed that Japanese investors to partner him in setting up a cell phone and laptop assembly plant in the city are set to visit the country in August.Mr Modi, wh...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga promise modern apartments with swimming pools for Mbare

VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday promised residents of Harare's oldest suburb modern apartments with swimming pools as Zanu-PF stepped up its campaign to wrestle control of the capital fr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Japanese firm plots Zimbabwe return

MARUBENI Corporation, a Japan-based trading and investment conglomerate operating in a broad range of sectors, is looking to expand its activities in Zimbabwe.Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018

POLITICS

'Zimbabwe opposition lacks capacity to win elections'

Zimbabwean opposition parties lack organisational capacity to seriously challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party in the looming July 30 elections, analysts said.With reports that t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Nkosana Moyo launches APA election manifesto

Dr Nkosana Moyo's Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) has launched a 54 page manifesto themed: ‘It is Time to Rebuild Zimbabwe.'Dr Moyo said all manifestos are just similar figures and promises b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim receives $21m roads grant from Japan

The Japanese government has extended a grant of approximately US$21 million to the government of Zimbabwe for a road construction project to improve steep gradients on the Makuti–Chirundu section of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

POLITICS

Nkosana Moyo sets date for manifesto launch

Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) leader, Nkosana Moyo said he would unveil the party election manifesto on June 20, as he scales up his unique door-to-door campaign ahead of next month's general ele...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Midlands firms use 85% capacity

INVESTOR confidence under the new Government administration is continuing to grow with most industries in the Midlands province now operating at 85 percent.In his welcome remarks during President Mnan...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Japan tells Zim to fix forex crisis

ZIMBABWE has been urged to tackle its foreign currency crisis and take more actions to improve the business environment to instill confidence in foreign investors.Japan's ambassador to Zimbabwe, Toshi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim lacks holistic infrastructural developmental capacity'

ZIMBABWE Institution of Engineers (ZIE) chief executive officer, Sanzan Diarra says the government on its own cannot tackle the country's infrastructural development challenges.Speaking to NewsDay yes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 June 2018

EDUCATION

Japan to increase scholarships for Zim students

Japan is considering increasing academic scholarships to local students to promote human capital development in Zimbabwe.Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Toshiyuki Iwado on Tuesday paid a courtesy c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare-Nyamapanda highway dualisation soon

Dualisation of the Harare-Nyamapanda Highway is set to commence this year as Government moves to reduce road carnage, a Cabinet minister has said.Addressing people at Hurungwe Primary School in Murehw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 June 2018

POLITICS

APA defends one on one campaign strategy

THE Nkosana Moyo-led Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has defended its one-on-one campaign strategy, saying it was more effective and interactive than mass rallies.APA spokesperson, Nyaradzo Charidz...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Fissures rip ZMF annual congress apart

ALLEGATIONS of vote buying and back biting have rocked the country's small-scale mining body, Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) ahead of the organisation's annual congress, which is expected to usher i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

NRZ operational capacity peaks

Leased equipment from Transnet has stabilised the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s operational capacity, enabling the parastatal to reach a peak in its operations.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe lacks capacity to issue sovereign bonds

Zimbabwe lacks capacity to issue sovereign bonds for its Sovereign Wealth Fund at the moment, a regional think-tank has warned, following a government announcement on launch of the fund shortly impend...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Restructured Metallon guns for full capacity

THE country's biggest gold producer, Metallon Corporation says it wants four of its mining operations in Zimbabwe to reach their full production capacities this year.Metallon owns How Mine, Mazowe, Re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 April 2018
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